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SCENE VIII

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IAGO

That Cassio loves her, I do well believe it;

That she loves him, ‘tis apt, and of great credit:

The Moor,—howbeit that I endure him not,—

Is of a constant, loving, noble nature;

And, I dare think, he’ll prove to Desdemona

A most dear husband. Now, I do love her too;

Not out of absolute lust,—though, peradventure,

I stand accountant for as great a sin,—

But partly led to diet my revenge,

For that I do suspect the lusty Moor

Hath leap’d into my seat: the thought whereof

Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards;

And nothing can or shall content my soul

Till I am even’d with him, wife for wife;

Or, failing so, yet that I put the Moor

At least into a jealousy so strong

That judgement cannot cure. Which thing to do,—

If this poor trash of Venice, whom I trash

For his quick hunting, stand the putting on,

I’ll have our Michael Cassio on the hip;

Abuse him to the Moor in the rank garb,—

For I fear Cassio with my night-cap too;—

Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me

For making him egregiously an ass

And practicing upon his peace and quiet

Even to madness. ‘Tis here, but yet confus’d:

Knavery’s plain face is never seen till us’d.

[Exit.]